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How to pronounce combatant in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper
Type of mortal, individual, person, somebody, someone, soul
Has types gouger, grappler, hell-kite, hell-rooster, tough, master, matman, mauler, boxer, victor, pugilist, skirmisher, withstander, wrestler, brawler, street fighter, superior, swordsman, butter, defender, fencer, gamecock, gladiator
Derivation combat
Type Words
Derivation combat

Examples of combatant

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Another female combatant was thrown over a sidewalk patio dining fence by a man.
From the timesunion.com
Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant boils down to his religion and his ethnic origin.
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I was quite a pretty young woman, looking anything but a battle-ready combatant.
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Al-Marri was the only foreign national held domestically as an enemy combatant.
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Marri, 41, is the only accused enemy combatant still held in the United States.
From the washingtonpost.com
Holder did not say how the president would determine who is an enemy combatant.
From the nytimes.com
He will not be tried as an enemy combatant and that's neither shocking nor wrong.
From the bostonherald.com
In 2009 Toontown introduced Toon Parties, a non-combatant gathering with friends.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Women were banned from combat aircraft and combatant ships until the mid-1990s.
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More examples
  • Engaging in or ready for combat
  • Someone who fights (or is fighting)
  • A combatant is someone who takes a direct part in the hostilities of an armed conflict. If a combatant follows the law of war, then they are considered a privileged combatant, and upon capture they qualify as a prisoner of war under the Third Geneva Convention (GCIII). ...
  • (combatants) Someone who is involved in fighting and conflict, e.g. a soldier, but NOT including medical personel working for armies.
  • Use when two rampant figures face each other as if in combat.
  • Two creatures depicted as facing one another and rampant, as if fighting; creatures in more pacific poses are respectant
  • A term applied to beasts borne face to face, as in the attitude of fighting.
  • An individual Authorized to be a Participant as a fighter in SCA Combat Activities.
  • When two charges appear to be fighting.